Re: Transcription/dictation software?

From: Jason Stirnaman <jstirnaman_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:02:38 -0600
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
That's what I hear, too. You might also look at http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=100076 

Jason

>>> On 2/27/2012 at 12:56 PM, in message <CB713BFA.DF25%shannan_at_jhu.edu>, Sean Hannan <shannan_at_JHU.EDU> wrote:


Mechanical Turk it.

(I hear that's what all the hipsters do while they watch Downton Abbey.)

-Sean


On 2/27/12 1:52 PM, "Suchy, Daniel" <dsuchy_at_UCSD.EDU> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> At my campus we offer podcasts of course lectures, recorded in class and then
> delivered via iTunes and as a plain Mp3 download (http://podcast.ucsd.edu).  I
> have the new responsibility of figuring out how to transcribe text versions of
> these audio podcasts for folks with hearing issues.
>
> I was wondering if any of you are using or have played with
> dictation/transcription software and can recommend or de-recommend any?   My
> first inclination is to go with open-source, but I'm open to anything that
> works well and can scale to handle hundreds of courses.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Dan
>
> *****
> Daniel Suchy
> User Services Technology Analyst
> University of California, San Diego Libraries
> 858.534.6819
> dsuchy_at_ucsd.edu<mailto:dsuchy_at_ucsd.edu>
Received on Mon Feb 27 2012 - 14:03:30 EST